The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-01-14

hands as if were the only thing be.
tween him and perdition, vow that
while reason remained to him no
drop of the curse should ever touch
his lips again. The next day we left
everything behind and journeyed to
a quiet retreat, where other lien in
the same condition had gone through
their struggle before him, and then
our work began.
God spare me from ever looking
upon such another struggle! Each
day death seemed nearer. The ag.
ony of craving was something unim-
aginable-a possession. He could
II OF cat he could not sleep. There
were minutes when it seemed as if |
must yield and give something that
would relieve the deathly exhaustion
but DR.. j was firm, and John no less
SO. IF did," he said, sit will be
because l have forfeited my right to
live. Death is better than the ignoble
living, the shame of this last two years.
l mean to live if can but be glad if |
cannot, my darling that died fighting
God knows the temptations If there
is a way Of escape, He will grant it to
me-"
Out of the depths he came at last;
weak as an infant, worn to shadow of
his old self, but lying there with a
peace, quiet in his eyes that they had
nevor known, for at last the craving
was stiled, and, he came back to
health, there was no return. But we
found there was no safety, save in the
most rigid adherence to the regime
laid down-meat only once day, and
then beef or mutton preferable, broiled
or roasted, never fried or highly season
ed, and never allowed to include pork
in any form; much fruit, vegetables
and grains in every form, but no past.
ry; in short nothing that demanded
unnatural labor Of the stomach, or
could create unnatural thirst. John
studied the subject with the same Gag
erness had felt, discussing every de-
tail with the doctor. cit is in our
hands, after ALL" he said the day be
fore we were to leave. Why is it that
these things are never taught? "There
is not a mother who could not be made
to understand that drunkenness is not
a vice, but disease, and durable by
natural methods. There are hope
less cases, as there is hopeless
disease, but God does not leave
US helpless. We can know if we
will"
1t was hard pull for the children
But Stephen was wiser than his years.
He saw what his father gave up; John
told him all that he could Of the reas-
ons for it, and though it was months
before they became accustomed to the
new order, and | was in terror some
times lest their strength would never
be fully theirs, it came at last, and has
stayed. When Stephen was twelve
years old, John told him the whole,
and it bound the two in partnership
of effort and understanding, more per,
feet than anything [ have ever known
between father and son. Temptation
has come for both, but the remedy is
in their own hands. and they know it
Stephen became physician naturally,
and holds the theory which he pract-
ices just as far as his patients allow,
that nature offers natural means of cure
for any and every disease-air, sunshine,
sleep, and food being able, nine times
out Of ten, to cure, while their joint
forces understandingly used from the
beginning of a life guarantee man
hood and womanhood not yet believed
poss be for the world, but possession
that will be the natural life of that
better future Of which we dream, for
which we labor and which is Gods
own meaning for US all.-Congregation,
OiGst
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